狡

crafty / cunning / sly

狡 = 交 + 犭 : Joan of Arc (ji) is amazed by Linus Pauling's (交) skills. In the aorta (ao3) he demonstrate how crafty (狡) he is by folding little paper dachshunds (犭).

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狡 character breakdown

狡
- 交
  - 亠
    - 一
    - 丶
  - 父
    - 乂
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 犭

交

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]

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交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.

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犭

quǎn = qu + an3

three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

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Cupid takes his dachshund out for a walk to the anthill, where he has a drink with his dachshund.

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